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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Dollars and Sites

June 09, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, business, sacred space, sign, parking lot, memorial, church, evangelicalism, veterans, street scene
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Vietnam in Photoshop

June 08, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, memorial, veterans, photoshop, war, vietnam, military, screens
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Just Another Word

June 08, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, iraq, war, memorial, military, airplane, animals, patriotism, american culture, google
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The Door to Endless War

June 08, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, memorial, terrorists, war, globalization, patriotism, military, veterans, design
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Getting Rid of Nature

June 07, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, nature, memorial, veterans, war, art, plants, airplane, american culture, Life
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Remember the Alamo

June 07, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, Texas, war, google, slogan, memorial, veterans, military, ethics, history
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No War Left Behind

June 07, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, memorial, animals, war, veterans, google, design, painting
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Roadside Visibility

May 31, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, memorial, military, place, road, street scene, cars, travel, veterans
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Getting All the Names

May 31, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, military, veterans, history, names, memorial, parking lot
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Indifferent Placement

May 30, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, memorial, place, sacred space, street scene, power, parking lot, gas station, grass, landscape
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Militarizing the Landscape

May 30, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, war, military, veterans, memorial, road, landscape
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Planting the Flag

May 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, veterans, war, military, flag, statue, nature
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Flag Forest

May 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, flag, memorial, veterans, military, nature, patriotism, war, grass
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Names on Black Slabs

May 27, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, veterans, memorial, names, war, military
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Veterans Memorial Spaces

May 27, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, veterans, memorial, symbols, park, war
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